VIOLENT PROTESTS IN YEMEN, EGYPT, IRAN, AFGHANISTAN

Protesters climb a fence
surrounding the U.S. embassy in Sanaa September 13, 2012.Mohamed
Al-Sayaghi/Reuters

Here's a summary of events so far today (08:54 EDT)

YEMEN

• Hundreds demonstrators stormed the US embassy in
the capital Sana'a in protest at an anti-Islamic film following
similar protests in Benghazi and Cairo. Security
sources said 15 people were injured after police used teargas and
gunfire to disperse the crowd. Windows to the embassy building were smashed,
while cars and US flags were burned.

SYRIA

• Syrian rebels and a pro-government group clashed
near a Shia shrine on the outskirts of Damascus on Thursday,
activists said, killing at least three people. The
continuing violence came as new international envoy Lakhdar
Brahimi arrived in Damascus for talks with senior members of the
Assad regime.